Government of dependencies : an essay / by Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart.

Inquiry into the powers of a sovereign government
Definition of a dependency and of a subordinate government
Examples of dependencies
On the modes in which dependencies may be acquired
Reasons for governing a territory as a dependency
Separateness of a dependency, as arising from the peculiarities of its legal system
Advantages derived by the dominant country from its supremacy over a dependency
Advantages derived by a dependency from its dependency on the dominant country
Disadvantages arising to the dominant country from the possession of a dependency
Disadvantages arising to a dependency from its dependence on the dominant country
The respective inconveniences of the various forms which may be given to the immediate government of a dependency
How a dependency may cease to exist as such, or may lose its distinctive character.